Zugdidi Municipality

Zugdidi (Georgian: ზუგდიდის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a Municipality of Georgia, in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. Zugdidi Municipality is located in the central part of western Georgia (area - 692 sq. km). Its western border follows the Black Sea coast (Ganmukhuri, Anaklia), the administrative strip of Abkhazia (Gali district) in the northwest, Tsalenjikha Municipality in the north and northeast, and it borders Chkhorotsqu Municipality and Khobi Municipality to the south. Zugdidi is the administrative center of both Zugdidi Municipality and Samegrelo Zemo-Svaneti region. Between 2014 and 2017 the city of Zugdidi was separated from the municipality and was a so-called "self-governed" city (or kalaki), but this administrative and governance reform was deemed too inefficient and expensive.

Zugdidi Municipality
Location of the municipality within Georgia
Country GEO
RegionSamegrelo
Administrative centreZugdidi
Government
  BodyZugdidi Municipal Assembly
  MayorMamuka Tsotseria (GD)
Area
  Total692 km2 (267 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total99,542
  Density143.8/km2 (372/sq mi)
Population by ethnicity
  Georgians99.6  %
  Russians0.2 %
Time zoneUTC+4 (Georgian Standard Time)
Websitehttp://zugdidi.mun.gov.ge/ge
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